SLEEPLESS

Do not feel downhearted;
Just praise the Lord instead!
Rather than being a Sleepless Grump,
Be a  JOYFUL SLEEPYHEAD!

When restless thoughts disturb your sleep;
All night you turn and toss;
Think of Jesus, who came to die
upon a wooden cross.

And when your head is pounding
and you simply cannot sleep,
Think of thorns in Jesus' brow,
that made His mother weep.

He didn't have a pillow soft
to bring Him strength anew.
Instead, He hung in tortured pain
because He cares for you!

Can you forget about your woes
and worship Him instead?
When sleep eludes you, praise the Lord,
and get up from your bed.

If you think I'm unrealistic--              
 the night is just too long--               
 Ask Paul & Silas, who in jail              
 burst into a song!                                     
 (after a terrible beating) ...... 
"about midnight Paul and Silas
 were praying and singing."
     (Acts 16:22 to 31)

Ask David, frightened exile who,         
when threatened by King Saul,              
lifting praise to heaven,                          
kept singing through it all!                            
"I will bless the Lord
at all times: His praise shall
continually be in  my mouth."  
        (Psalms 34:1)

Even Jesus, knowing that                   
plans for His death were made,            
lifted His voice in singing                    
on the night He was betrayed!           
"And when they had 
sung a hymn, (after the
Last Supper) they went
out to the Mount of Olives."
    (Matthew 26:20 to 30) 

So do not feel downhearted;
Just praise the Lord instead!
Rather than being a  Sleepless Grump,
Be a   JOYFUL SLEEPYHEAD!